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Erna (mythology)

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In Norse mythology according to the Eddic poem Rígsþula, Erna was the mother of twelve sons by Jarl,[1] the ancestors of the class of warriors in Norse society. Her father was Hersir, a tribal chief.[2]

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  1. ^ Glassman, Ronald M. (2017), Glassman, Ronald M. (ed.), "The Class Structure of the Norse Tribes as Shown in "The Song of Rig"", The Origins of Democracy in Tribes, City-States and Nation-States, Cham: Springer International Publishing, pp. 1351–1356, doi:10.1007/978-3-319-51695-0_114, ISBN 978-3-319-51695-0, retrieved 2023-08-29
  2. ^ Scher, Steven P. (1963). "Rígsþula as Poetry". MLN. 78 (4): 397–407. doi:10.2307/3042821. ISSN 0026-7910. JSTOR 3042821.